The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-22 00:00:00

CITY MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. Yesterday being St. Thomas's-day, meetings were held in the various wards of the City of London, for the election of Common Councilmen and other ward officers for the ensuing year. A few of the wards will be severely contested ; but, in the majority, no opposition was offered to the election of those who bad filled the offices during the previous year. Those marked thus are new candidates. BREAD-STREET WARD. The following is the list of candidates : Messrs. *Wade, Kipling, Dawson, Cope, Bridge, Lau rence, John Laurence, Blackmore, *C. Williams, Maughan, S. Shuttleworth, *Buckland, and Battam. Mr. LAURENCE objected to the return to the wardmote from the precinct meeting of the parish of St. John the Evangelist, of the names of Messrs. Buckland and Shuttleworth, and contended that that precinct could only return to the wardmote the name of one individual to be selected by it as Common Councilman for the ensuing year. Considerable discussion ensued on this subject, after which ri. show of hands was taken, when there appeared for Mr. Wade Mr. Kipling 2O Mr. Blackmcre Mr. Davison Mr. Cope l4 Mr. Shuttleworth Mr. Bridge 23 Mr. Buckland Mr. Laurence 24 M,. Battam Mr. John Laurence 29 The WA RD CLERK stated that as Messrs. Cope and Battam were equal, and the lowest on the list, either of those gentle men could demand a general poll. A general poll was accordingly demanded on behalf of the latter gentleman, to continue for one hour to-day, and to close at four o'clock to-morrow (this day). Gentlemen having been elected to fill the offices of inquest men, collectors, and constables, the wardmote, after passing a ote of thanks to the worthy Alderman, separated. FARRINGDON WITHIN. Mr. Alderman KELLY put up the names of the candidates as follows, sixteen to be returned, viz. : Mr. John Nevitt Crawford, Mr. Valentine Rutter, Mr. Joseph Thompson, *Mr. George Brace, Mr. Henry Pritchard, Mr. John Hayward, Mr. Samuel Ridley, Mr. Thomas Warne, Mr. John Wealton, Mr. Wm. Corn. Humphries, Mr. William lVestwood, Mr. Thomas Emerson, Mr. Thomas Jefferson Holt, Air. George Pritchard, Mr. Samuel Hartley, • Mr. Thomas Bonser, and •Mr. Thomas Henry Ashurst. The CHAIRMAN said in taking the numbers it appeared to him that three gentlemen were equal, he would therefore put the names of Messrs. Crawford, Brace, and Ward again. This having been acceded to, the numbers were declared in favour of the two latter, upon which Mr. Crawford demanded a poll. . The other ward officers having been appointed, the ward mote was adjourned until the opening of the poll to-morrow— (this day.) CANDLEWICK WARD. The Lord Mayor presided at this ward in consequence of the delicate state of Mr. Alderman Birch's health. The old representatives were re-elected without opposition, and Mr. Nichols was elected in the room of Mr. John Saun ders. A requisition had been presented to Mr. Isaac Brown, and he was proposed at the wardmote, but he declined to be come a candidate, because he could not, being a Dissenter, conscientiously take all the oaths imposed on members of the Court, and because he considered the constitution and prac tice of the Corporation so corrupt, that he could not expect to do any good in it. CORPORATION REFORM. Deputy DovNEs proposed a vote of thanks to the Aldermen of the ward. Mr. ELLIOTT opposed it. Mr. BROWN did not come to propose a vote of censure, bu , he was astonished to bear any man propose a vote of recom. mendation. The resolution of thanks to the Alderman was carried. Mr. limtaisoN then proposed a vote of thanks to the Com mon Councilmen of the ward. It was carried, as was a vete of thanks to the Lord Mayor for his conduct in the chair. The wardmote was then dissolved. BASSISHAW WARD. In this ward there was no contest. Mr. James, son of Mr. James, the Secondary of London, was elected in the room o Mr. D. Bevis, retired. CITY POLICE. Aldermen WiirrE stated that he had considerable doubts as to the legality of the appropriation of rates levied on the citi zens, to defray the expenses of the City police amalgamation, scheme. For that reason he had refused to sign the BSSCS3- tnent for his ward. He had just received, in time to read it to the wardmote, the opinion of Mr. Sergeant Merewether, wherein it was declared that any appropriation of rates for purposes contemplated by the new police scheme would be Mr. Secondary JAMES moved that the ward continue to manage its own watch as heretofore. The motion was carried. It was also moved and agreed to that a remonstrance be prepared by the Alderman against the Corporation scheme. There was but one dissentient to the last proposition. CORNHILL WARD. There being no opposition, the old members were re-elected. WALBROOK WARD. After the nomination of the Common Councimen, JOHN TRAVERS, Esq., moved " That it be the recommen dation of this meeting to the Common Councilmen of the ward to use their best endeavours to secure the must effective and least expensive system of local g overnment, and to place the election o f th e representat i ves and governing officers of the City, and the administration of the public funds, under the effectual control of the citizens." Mr. W. F. ROCK seconded the resolution, which, after considerable discussion, was carried unanimously. CASTLEBAYNARD WARD. There was no contest in this ward. Mr. TopLls moved that precinct meetings be abolished in the ward.—The motion was negatived. THE NEW POOR-laW. At the conclusion of the business for the transaction of which the wardmote bad been summoned, a gentleman of the name of Thornton, who stated that be represented the ward as one of its Guardians of the Poor, complained of certain statements in the Times, said by him to have been made by the Lord Mayor. The LORD MAYOR shortly afterwards adjourned the ward in which he had given the very highest satisfaction. CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN. The election of the Common Councilmen terminated in the return of the old Members, viz. : Mr. Jenks, Deputy; Mr. Beeton, Mr. Brown, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Henry Smith, Mr. Boole, Mr. Brass, Mr. Sutton. No opposition was offered to the return of the various officers. VINTRY WARD. Mr. Deputy Whitby, Messrs. C. Ingall, Henry John Elms, Thomas Marsden, W. D. White, Samuel Lepard, Thomas Green, John King, and Thomas Sprague, were re-chosen Common Councilmen for the ensuing year. ALDERSGATE WARD. Two new candidates have appeared in this ward, Deputy Matthews having resigned. By the show of hands Messrs. Lorkin, Norris, Wood, Godson, Stacy, Rolls, Burton, and De Jersey were returned. A poll having been demanded, Sir P. LAURIE appointed the poll to take place to-morrow (this day) and Monday. CORPORATE REFORM. A discussion took place upon the recent attack made upon the Corporation by the Corporation Reform Association, but as it is to be resumed after the close of the poll, we postpone all abstract of it. PORTSOKEN WARD. Mr. Deputy Tyars, Mr. John [board, Mr. John Parker, Mr. William Christie, and Mr. Nathan Negug, the late Com mon Counc lmen of the ward, were respectively put in nomi nation, and seconded, and their election carried without any opposition. Dr. JONES addressed the wardmote at considerable length, and concluded by proposing two resolutions, condemnatory of the reckless system of expenditure pursued by the present Corporation. Mr. H. SWIFT, of Aldgate, seconded the resolutions of Mr. Jones. After much discussion, the resolution, with some modifica tion, was carried. LANGBOURNE WARD. The following were the names put in nomination as mem bers of the Common Council : Mr. Carter, Deputy ; Messrs. Stubbings, Haswell, Unwin, Dixon, Morrison, Adamson, Snelling, Collison, Frodsham, Gude,* Barnes,* Howard,' Hall,* Acicton,* Taylor, , . an d Nicholson. *—(New candidates.) The polling for the above and Ward Beadle was adjourned until to-day. The Gloucester Hotel at Brighton has for many years been accounted one of the most comfortable i n E ng _ land. It i s we ll remar k e d by M r . Robins in his announce mcnt of the approaching sale, that "in Brighton there always existed quite enough of High and extravagant Hotels, an no great scarcity of low ones, it however belonged to the rapid march of the mind, and the energy and sagacity of the late proprietor to irstitute one of another character, where the elite of merchants, stock brokers, solicitors, and others of high professional character, with families of great respect ability, could repose at a moderate expense, and thus lengthen their stay without increasing their intended outlay. Precisely such a one will be found at the Gloucester." His concluding observation is very important. He states " most confidently that its high reputation is unfaded, and a new comer adopting the plan of his respected predecessor, by placing conspicuously The motto of comfort and moderate charges,' to welcome eve r y gues t, i s cer t a i n to rea li ze a f ortune at a railway pace. The sole cause that it is in the market, arises out of the demise of Mr. Brierly, who in a few years ac quired a large fortune." The ship Fairlie, from London and Plymouth, for the Cape of Good Hope and New South Wales, having on board Major-General Sir Maurice O'Connell and family, and many other passengers, arrived at the Cape on the sth October, all well, after a passage of 66 days. She was to proceed on her voyage in a few days for Sydney. LATEST AUTHENTIC PARTICU- LARS OF MILLIE'S MURDER. On Tuesday last the Police-officers of Newcastle were em ployed in searching Bolam's House, at Sedgwick-place, in Gateshead, and they found the key of the safe of the Savings' Bank, which bad been missing. Whilst there, it occured to them, to inquire of a next door neighbour whether any one had heard the noise of the breaking of a pane of glass on the Thursoay evening (the evening when the murder was com mitted), and on going to one of the neighbours, they learned that on that evening such a noise had been heard. The officers then went to Bolam's house, and told Mary Walker, the housekeeper, what had been told to them ; on which she be cme alarmed—clasped her hands—burst into tears—and said, that what she had sworn before the Coroner as to her master's coming home after her, and what she had said about breaking the pane of glass on the Wednesday evening, was false. The officers then brought her to the Police-office to have her statement tak, n down in writing in the presence of a Magistrate; when Mr. Alderman Batson attended, and the woman made a statement of which the following is the substance She said that when she gave her evidence before the Coro ner's Inquest last Thursday, she swore that she broke the pane of glass in the kitchen window herself, on the Wednesday evening, as she was fastening it, and that she had also sworn that her master came home after her return home. Both these statements she said were false. She then went on to say, on leaving the Savings' Bank, after carrying her master's dinner and tea, she went to the house of her sister, Mrs. Mould, in Swan-street, in Gateshead, and took her tea, ?fter which she went straight home; she supposes that it might then be about five o'clock in the afternoon. That she opened the door leading into the yard with a sneck key, and on entering the yard she was surprised and alarmed to find that the sash of the kitchen was thrown up. That on going to the window, and looking in, she saw a man stooping down in front of the fire-grate, as if endeavouring to get a light, the fire being very low. That she asked " Who is there ?" and was answered " It is me ;" when she knew it was her master, from his voice. She then opened tne back door with the key which she had in her pocket, and went into the kitchen, and found her mas ter there, and said to him, " I did not know that you were coming home 1" to which he replied, he had come up for a key. She then lighted a candle, and took it into the parlour, and was followed by her master, who went to his desk and opened it; and she closed the parlour window shutters, and then left her master at the desk, and went hack to the kitchen and lighted another cand'e. That her master did not remain many minutes in the parlour. That he came to her in the kitchen, and told her to fasten all the windows, lest any per son should break into the house. He then left the house by the back door. When she first went into the kitchen, she shut down the sash of the window, and thus discovered that a pane was broken. It was a pane in the lower sash, at the top of it, next the door. When she discovered the broken pane, she said to her master, " You have broken the window ;" and he replied—" It was an accident." She said he had no other way of getting into the house, but by the window. He had a sneck key of the yard door. She said she did not observe anything particular about him. He left the house about six o'clock, and never returned. Next morn ing, about eight o'clock, her sister's husband came, and told her that a man had been murdered in the Savings' Bank, and asked her whether her master was at home ; when she told him all about finding him in the house when she came home. She went over to Newcastle, and into the Arcade, and then heard that Millie had been murdered, and that her master had been taken to the Infirmary ; but almost immediately after, she heard that he had been taken to Mr. Glenton's. She then went there, and saw her master, as stated in her evidence be fore the Coroner. She declares that no one had advised her to tell the untruth, and that she had been very unhappy ever since. The Magistrate after she had signed the statement, suffered her to go home. —Sunderland Herald. THE EARL OF DURHAM. (From the Sunderland Herald of Friday, Dec.. 21.) We have this week the gratification of gi.ing publicity to the reply of the Earl of Durham to the Address of the Inhabi. tants of Sunderland ; a document which, we feel assured, will he perused with interest, not only by those to whom it is ad dressed, but by the " People of England," to whose patriotism it makes a direct and irresistible appeal. The Noble Earl's answer is as follows : LONDON, Du% 14, 1838. SIR,—I request you to be assured of the sincere pleasure with which I have received the Address of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Sunderland, which you have transmitted to me. Every manifestation of sympathy, every proof of esteem and confidence, emanating from my fellow countrymen, must, at all times, be most gratifying to me, especially at a moment like the present, when I have been subjected to such unme rited oppression ; but, when these declarations proceed from those, who, like the inhabitants of Sunderland, are connected with me by the closest ties, both public and private, their warmth and cordiality must naturally inspire me with feel ings of the most affectionate gratitude. The approbation which the meeting has been pleased to ex press of my conduct as Governor-General of British North America, is very grateful to me. lam proud to say, that the same sentiment pervades all the loyal and well-affected inhabi tants of the provinces, of which the Government bad been en trusted to me by her Majesty. I have won their confidence by an impartial system of ad ministration, by the most unremitting and laborious attention to their interests, and by repeated proofs that I was determined not to relax in my exertions until I had placed the general Government of those important colonies on a sure and per manent basis. I deeply regret that I have not been permitted to terminate there what had been so auspiciously commenced. But I still hope, that, encouraged and fortified by the support of the people of England, I may yet be enabled to accomplish this important duty in Parliament, and thus provide for the security of the colonies—their permanent connexion with the British empire —and the due protection and encouragement of those great commercial interests, which are, and ever must be, iden tified with their prosperity. I am, Sir, your obliged and faithful servant, DURHAM. _ _ _ To the Mayor of Sunderland, &c. &C. &c. Every honest Liberal, every real Reformer, nay, every Englishman of right feeling, who took part in the public meeting at which the address to Lord Durham was trium phantly carried, in spite of the most factious opposition, must feel deeply gratified that he, on that occasion, had the honour of aiding in a " manifestation of sympathy,"—" a proof of esteem and confidence,"—which, coming from those who know Lord Durham best, and " especially at a moment like the present," when he had been " subjected to such unmerited oppression,"—has been as balm to the wounded spirit of the Noble Earl, and has inspired his generous bosom with "feel. ings of the most affectionate gratitude." MANCHESTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR —As the columns of The Sun have not, to my know ledge, contained any account of the contests, ill blood, and party warfare, the result of the Charter, lately grante d by her Majesty to the inhabitants of this borough, perhaps a concise history of what has occurred may not be uninteresting to your readers. Some eighteen months since, a petition in favour of a Char ter, signed by abeut 11,000 rate-payers, was forwarded to London. A counter one, signed by the astounding large number of 32 or 33,000 names in opposition thereto, was also forwarded about the same period. This latter host of signa tures at first astonished and even alarmed the Liberals, until by some little inquiry and some voluntary disclosures (disclo sures arising from the want of pay by the Tory agents to the obtainers of names by the sheet) made the thing look a little more intelligible. It soon appeared, even without a very mi nute investigation, that a majority of the 33,000 were absolute and positive forgeries, many of whose names could not even be found on the rate-books. Representations were, of course, made to the Privy Council to this effect, and two Commis sioners were promptly despatched to Manchester, with instruc tions to ascertain the genuineness of both petitions. This inquiry took up many weeks; and, after reducing the anti.corporetors' petition to considerably below that of the advocates for Munici pal Government, the Commissioners returned to London to make both their report and personal explanations to the Council. The Tories, no way disheartened, made an other assault on the Privy Council, and with some temporary success, which ended in the Commissioners' return to commence a further investiga tion. Strange, however, as it may appear, it is nevertheless true, that although the petition had been purged of upwards of twenty two thousand fictitious names, the Commissioners, without much trouble, struck out more than six thousand other signatures ; not finding a single genuine name along some par ticular streets, notwithstanding, the petition purports to con tain almost a name for every house in such street. After this second ordeal, by which the numbers were reduced to fewer than five thousand, they returned again to London to make their second report. Before this further report was laid before the Privy Coun cil, the Commissioners took the precaution to go through some of the longest streets, calling at every door ; in which excur sion they only found one name improperly attached to the peti tion for the Charter, and from this sample, they took it for d l o fo u l s lo a w n in a granted, the genuineness of the r ema i n d er. Th e Charter was do doubt grante d on t h e report on the question. The Tories now maintain, after having utterly di sgrace d t h emse l ves b y so sea g tte a m nd pt otorhiampspoosteh,er grounds . that the Charte . r is invalid on the •—1 That it is illeg a l to grant a Charter to the part of any new P ar r am en_ tar t ' B oJougli—( the lat e Ch arter exc l u d es a small township or two). 2. Th at the general to make Act of oo t l t B h 3 e 4 i , i st tauthorisesite Char ter church war d ens and overseers called upon David Price, Esq. , constable, so to do). 3. That the going Judge • • should appoint the Barrister to revise the list (the Charter appointed Edward Rushton, Esq., to revise it). These are some of the grounds on which the Conservatives mean to show that the document is an in valid one. That the Tories should feel sore at a power and influence so long 1 i exc.us.vely possessed by them, thus passing away, never, never to return, need excite no surpaise. Mankind are mainly influenced by such feelings. That they will do their utmost to avert so great a calamity as long as possible, though they should ultimately fail, is now matter of certainty ; and it is equally so, that they have abundance of funds for any contest however long it may continue. Since the election of Councilmen on Friday last, and the Aldermen and Mayor on the following day, no time has been 'sinews of war for the defensive. A f un d lost in preparing t he. of indemnity has been formed, to which the Mayor, Thomas Potter, Esq., has subscribed 1,000/. and forty-four Aldermen and Common Councilmen 5001, each, to which must be added, VIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1838. names not of the Corporation :—Robert Hyde Greg, Esq., 5001. ; Edward Baxter, Esq , 5001. ; and John Macfarlane, 5001.. And in smaller amounts, 5,0001. and upwards more, m: king altogether nearly 30,0001. There is one piece of comfort tor the lawyers, that both parties will fight to the last, and as, from the above statement, money mould seem to be of little value, when put in competition with party politics, the Wigs are sure to reap a golden harvest. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning. 2S minutes after 61 Ev,ning 53 minutes after 6 WELL ! THIS IS AN ODD ADVERTISEMENT ! THE ODD FELLOW, with his BUDGET of FUN and UTILITY, will make his Triumphant Entry into every Town in the Kingdom on SATURDAY, January 25, 1839. price One Penny. By applying to the Booksellers every body may make his ae• quaintance. H. Hetherington, publisher, 126, Strand. The publication of Tug SUN NEN% SPAM commenced this day ' at 10 minutes past Three o'clock. ---"„,,, ir_Vir.A.,,,t---,,,, 1 • ,z, j --- 5r., , ::(1,-V0?- - ' 4 ‘4, - - .Y.,). - :., -- -,,2:..12.•--- '4,-- Zln ',-Itn. LONDON : SATURDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 22, 1838. In our columns of this day will be found highly important news from India, to which we direct the earnest attention of the British public. It embodies the GOVERNOR•GENERAL'S reasons for sending a military force to Persia, and threatens war against DOST MOHAMED KHAN, Chief of Cabool. We would merely observe, that this document was made public before the raising of the siege of Herat, and therefore it is possible that this circumstance may mate rially influence the future conduct of the Governor- General. We trust, however, that such will not be the- case. A war with Persia has become in some Sort inevitable ; and if conducted with spirit, would check the designs of Russia, and firmly establish our power on the Indus. By the arrival of the Liverpool steamer at Liverpool yesterday, in fourteen days, from New York, we have received American Papers of the 6th inst., bri►►ging the PRESIDENT'S Message, which will be found at length in another part of The Sun. This document is couched in terms the most laudatory of the civil and accompanied by a forcible seizure of the property of our cijzens, and an application there- 1 of to the prosecution of military operations against the authorities and people of Canada." Here there is no denial of the part taken by the citizens of the States to revolutionize the Canadas. The PRE SIDENT admits that he received official intelligence of their acting not only individually, but in masses, to ef fect that treasonable object ; and that in the prosecu tion of their designs, they seized the stores of the States, and employed them against the peaceable sub jects of her MAJESTY. But does he denounce punishment against the parties so offending ? floes he call upon Congress to adopt the necessary measures for effectually checking the recurrence of such out rages ? Does he lament that when he received an official account of the murderous proceedings of his fellow-citizens against the rights of an independent people, his hands were not strong enough to sup press such disgraceful outrages ? Does he blame the frontier authorities ? No, no ; he does none of these things ; but, on the contrary, he winds up what may be regarded as a sort of abstract essay about non intervention, with an apology for the criminals. Only imagine the PRESIDENT concluding a reference to an unprovoked invasion by the people of the United States, of the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada—an invasion which has already cost Great Britain a large outlay of blood and treasure, and which was conducted with all the wanton atrocity of savage warfare, by the following observation's That the people of the United States should feel an interest in the spread of political institutions as free as they regard their own to be is natural ; nor can a sincere solicitude for the success of all those who are at any time in good faith struggling for their acquisi tion be imputed to our citizens as a crime. With the entire freedom of opinion, and an undisguised expres sion thereof on their part, the Government has neither the right, nor, I trust, the disposition to interfere. But whether the interest or the honour of the United States requires that they should be made a party to any such struggle, and, by inevitable conse quence, to the war w hi c h i s wage d , in its support, is a question which, by our Constitution, is wisely left to Congress alone to decide. It is by the laws al ready made criminal in our citizens to embarrass or an ticipate that decision by unauthorised military opera tions on their part. Offences of this character, in ad dition to their criminality as violations of the laws of our country, have a direct tendency to draw down upon our own citizens at large the multiplied evils of a foreign war, and expose to injurious imputations the good faith and honour of the country. As such they deserve to be put down with promptitude and decision. I cannot be mistaken, lam confident, in counting on the cordial and general concurrence of our fellow citizens in this sentiment." Here is plenty of encou ragement for the Sympathisers. We trust, however, that Congress will see the necessity of rendering unne cessary those measures which it would become our duty to adopt in the event of the Canadians being longer exposed to the system of neutrality guaranteed by the personal good faith of President VAN BUREN. The financial affairs of the Union are represented as in a very flourishing condition, notwithstanding the mercantile embarrassments of the last year. The PRE SIDENT takes occasion to have a fling at the Banks as the main cause of the recent financial difficulties—a subject upon which enough will be said before the dissolution of Congress. For the other subjects touched upon in the Message we refer our readers to the document itself ; premising that they will find very little in it, the purport of which is not known to all who pay any regard to trans-Atlantic politics. The statements made by Mr. O'CONNOR and others at the meetings of the Chartists in London this week well merit attention. From reports published in country papers, a general belief prevailed here that not only Mr. STEPHENS, but Mr. O ' CONNOR advocated physical force for the attainment of their objects ; that the torch-light meetings in the north were got up ex pressly for that purpose, and that the destruction of the cotton-mill at Ashton-under-Line was the consequence of their violent harangues, and the commencement of their system which was to end in a civil war. We be lieve it is now generally admitted that there is not the slightest grounds for the last charge, and the other two have been denied in as strong and express terms as words can convey. " What has always been my language to the northerns ?" said Mr. O'CoN- Ncla. on Thursday ; " Why, that moral force accomplished what others said they sought to effect by physical force, and that the man who re coinmends the p eo pl e to rus h on w i th physical violence will be the first to desert them." We certainly, how ever, had heen led to regard Mr. STEPHENS as a fire brand and a mad visionary ; and, looking at the expressions attributed to him in most of the York shire Papers, we considered Mr, O ' CONNELL perfectly justified in denouncing him as the most dangerous enemy of all Reform. Mr. O ' CONNELL trusted to the reports as we did, and many of these re ports Mr. O'CoNNott now denounces as wicked fabrications got up by pretended friends or open ene mies. " That gentleman," said he, " has been repre sented as stating that 100,000 men were ready to march to battle in the cause of the people. He never said any such thing, or anything approaching to it. A more wicked fabrication or a more abominable lie never was perpetrated against any person." No language can be more precise than this, and when we couple it with the uniform declaration made by the leading Chartists this week that they utterly repudiate violence, and challenge any human being to prove the contrary, we have some reason for supposing that they have been cruelly maligned, and that they are not the madmen the northern Papers represent them. In all the speeches made in London they declare distinctly that they trust to moral force alone, and regard a revolution by the bayonet as the most dangerous of all experiments. This is the O ' CONNELL doctrine and the O'CONNELL practice—it is sound sense, and has already had prac tical results, and will be ten times more formidable to an anti-reforming 'Ministry than all the violent schemes attributed to O ' CONNOR, STEPHENS, OASTLER, and Co. We observe that no defence is put forward for the latter gentleman, and we are not surprised at it. What communion can Radical Reformers have with an ultra-Tory ? The object of the one party is to redress grievances, of the other to perpetuate them; and the sooner the Chartists renounce all connection with such associates the better for their cause. From the silence of Mr. O'CONNOR, we must give Mr. OAST LER the credit of having affixed a stigma to the Asso ciation, which it will require a long period of prudent and moderate conduct to efface. and social institutions, of ;the increasing prosperity, of the vast intelligence, and of the almost super-human deserts of the citizens of the United States. The PRESIDENT, with much of the ardour of a school- boy in the composition of a Christmas theme, assures Congress that " though the anticipations:of an abun dant harvest everywhere have not been realised, yet, on the whole, the labours of the husbandman are re warded with a bountiful return ; industry prospers in its various channels of business and enterprise ; ge neral health prevails again through our vast diversity of climate ; nothing threatens from abroad the conti nuance of external peace ; nor has anything at home impaired the st rengt h o f t h ose fraternal an d domestic ties which constitute the only guarantee to the success and permanency of our 'happy Union, and which, formed in the hour of peril, have hitherto been ho nourably sustained through every vicissitude in our national affairs." And, that his grave auditory might be at no loss to account for the prevalence of so many blessings, he added, in the same hyperbolical strain In no country has education been so widely diffused. Domestic peace has nowhere so largely reigned. The close bonds of social intercourse have in no instance prevailed with such harmony over a space so vast. All forms of religion have united, for the first time, to• diffuse charity and piety, because, for the first time in the history of nations, all have been totally untrammelled and absolutely free." Pass ing over the self-congratulatory paragraphs of the Message which may, for aught we know to the contrary, be highly relished by the well-educated popu lation of the States, and so far answer Mr. VAN BUREN'S purpose, we tome to that portion of it in which the subjects of her Britannic MAJESTY take the deepest interest—the settlement of the boun dary question,. and the late rebellion in the Canadas. Towards the adjustment of the boundary question nothing decisive has yet been accomplished. It re mains precisely where it was at the opening of the last Session of Congress. All that is yet determined is to propose to the British Government the appointment of a joint Commission of Survey and Exploration—a proposal which the PRESIDENT doubts not will be responded to by her MAJESTY'S Ministers. With respect to the rebellion in Canada the PRESIDENT is more diffuse ; but notwithstanding his admission of the rebellion being fermented by the United States' citizens, and his declaration that such an act was morally and legally of a most criminal nature, we are more than ever suspicious of the sincerity of his pro fessed horror of the wickedness of the attempt made to dismember the British Empire. President VAN BUREN is by no means celebrated for the straightforwardness of his conduct, or the ' simple integrity of his , profe ss i ons . He is what is called a " slippery politician ; with so much of the Jesuit about him, as to entertain the conviction that the end proposed justifies the means. Keeping these points in his public character in view, we shall give in this place the first paragraph of the Message, which has reference to the late fatal out break in the Canadas. The PRESIDENT Says--.“ had hoped that the respect for the laws and regard for the peace and honour of their own country, w hi c h have ever characterised the citizens of the United States, would have prevented any portion of them from using any means to promote insurrection in the territory of a Power with which we are at peace, and with which the United States are desirous of main taining the most friendly relations. I regret deeply, however, to be obliged to inform you that this has not been the case. Information has been given to me, derived from official and other sources, that many citizens of the United States have associated together to make hostile incursions from our territory into Ca nada, and to aid and abet insurrection Mere, in vio lation of the obligations and laws of the United States, and in open disregard of their own duties as citizens. This information has been in part confirmed by a hos tile invasion actually made by citizens of the United States, in conjunction with Canadians anci others, The Manchester Chamber of Commerce adopted on Thursday a petition drawn up by Mr. COBDEN, " for the repeal of all laws relating to the importation of foreign corn and other foreign articles of subsistence, and to carry out to the fullest extent, both as affects agriculture and manufactures, the true and pea ce f u l principles of free trade , by removing all existin g ob stacle to the unrestricted employment of industry and! capital." This sweeping, bold, and noble petition, which is elsewhere inserted at length, was unanimously preferred by the Chamber to the one which was pro posed by the Directors the week before, and which was rejected because it did not refer to the facts stated to the Chamb er at t h e last meet ing, It is the opinion of the Chamber of Commerce, after a week's deliberation, and after the facts stated by M r . J. B . S MITH have been subject to cri▪ ticism and examination, that the petition first proposed was too moderate. An amend ment to the first petition moved by Mr. DYER which was still stronger than Mr. COBDEN'S petition, and spoke of the Corn-laws as " i nstances of i gnorant and selfish legislation , which stamp with indelible disgrace the Parliaments that passed them, and described the continuance of these laws as f raug h t w i t h crue l injus tice to the industrious consumers, an d i ncons i stent with the duty whi▪ ch all governments owe to the people, of keeping open to them the best and cheapest markets for an abundant supply of food—and this law is alike opposed to the 'principles of humanity, and to the peace and welfare of the country"—was not found fault with, and was only withdrawn to make way fcr the uniform and complete petition of Mr. COB DEN. The decision of the Chamber, come too after much discussion and deliberation, is therefore as solemn as possible, and speaking, as it does, the sentiments of tho - ie who carry on the most important manufac ture of the empire, must ha ve grea t we i 4 ht with the Legislature. However blind that hody of la.downers, hoodwinked by their extreme selfishness, may be to the visible signs of the times, they will not be deaf to the startling notes of the great Manchester manufac turers. The speeches delivered at the Chamber---..the curious facts brought forward, proving the comparative decay of our trade, and threatening the wealth and power of the Aristocracy, will have mote weio-ht with the unfeeling and arroL!ant CILA N DOSES ,laid KNA TCII B ULLS of the Parliament. than Cie voice of reason or the demands of justice. Mr. J. B. SM ITEI proved that our exports had not kept pace with those of other countries : " In 1815," he said, " we exported 51 millions; in 1846, 53 millions, en increase of four per cent. The United Stm! CS exports in 1815 amount , d to 28 millions of dollars; in 1836 they had rrached to 60 millions of dollar:, h. - ing an increase of more than 200 per cent. Prance, in 1815, exported to the value of 23 millions of francs, but in 1836 she exported to the value of 74 millions of francs, which was an increase of nearly 400 per cent. ; so that, whilst our exports had increased but four per cent., those of France had increased 400 per cent. 1 Was not this an alarming fact ? And the increase of the manu factures of foreign countries in different articles was another interesting fact." We refer to his speech for the illustration of the last statement ; and also to the excellent addresses of Mr. It. H. GREG and Mr. COBDEN, for some equally start ling statements on other points. We have not room for comment to-day—which is not indeed needed— but recommend the whole of these gentlemen's state ments to the serious and earnest consideration of our readers. If they cannot move the landowning law makers to alter their anti-national and murderous po licy, nothing will but the crash of a Revolution tutn- Wing into ruin property as well as political institutions. But though all the other Members of the Legislature should be deaf to their warning, Mr. Poo L ETT THOM SON will, we are sure, be awakened by it. Mr. COBD EN read him a lesson which he will not - forget; and he may make up his mind to retire at once into the obscurity of private life, giving up all hope of ever again sitting in Parliament, or he must, as Mr. COBDEN said, be a bona fide and staunch representative of the free trade interest of Manchester. The Right Honourable Gentleman must cease to fill the disgraceful office of a mere toady to the most heartless and selfish Aris tocracy that was ever suffered, for purposes of decay and ruin, to sway the councils of a great commercial and manufacturing nation. We have authority to contradict the report inserted in the Dublin Evening Mail and other Papers, that the Marquis of No RAIANBY is not going back to Ire land. The Tory Papers invent all kinds of falsities to excite dissatisfaction with the Ministers, and encourage the hopes of their friends ; and this report is one of them. The Noble Marquis intends, we can state posi tively, to return to that country the first week in Ja nuary, and the ladies and gentlemen who have made arrangements to be present at the next levee and draw. ing room will not be disappointed by those ceremonies not taking place. The Paris Papers of Thursday, have been received, with those of Madrid of the 13th instant. Their contents are of no political interest. ESPAR TERO is using all his influence to have CORDOVA and NA RvAEz tried and shot by command of a court martial. If treason were to meet its deserts ESPAR TERO'S head is the first in the QUEEN'S service that ought to fall. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 21.—1 n Harbour—Britannia, 120, flag_ ship ; Victory, 104, ordinary guard-ship ; Excellent gunnery.. ship; Royal George yacht; Ganges, 84; Megaara steam. vessel ; Messenger steam-transport ; and tender Fanny. In Basin—Daphne, 18, for the Mediterranean ; and Ca melion, 10. In Dock—Not any vessel in commission. At Spithead—Pearl, 20, ordered to bo paid cff at Sheer• ness ; Grecian, 16, for South America; and Partridge, 10, for the Coast of Africa. ARRIVALS, SAILINGS, &c. DURING THE WEEK. On Saturday, the 15th.—Arrived the Partridge, 10, from Sheerness, with sui.ernumeraries on board for general service. On Sunday, the 16th.—The Quail cutter, arrived with vo lunteers from the Eastward for her Majesty's ship Bellerophon. On Monday, the 17th.—The Rattlesnake, 28, was paid off into ordinary. On Tuesday, the 18th.—The Gossamer tender arrived from Sheerness, with volunteers for general service ; and the Gipsy and Quail sailed to the Eastward. On Wednesday, the 19th.—The Dasher Post-office steam packet arrived from Weymouth, with volunteers for the ser. v ice ; and the Ganges, 84, came out of basin. On Thursday, the 20th.—Arrived from Bermuda, after passage of 25 days, the Pearl, 20, Commander Lord Clarence Paget ; and sailed the Dasher steam-packet for Weymouth, and the Gossamer tender for Bristol. On l•iiday, the 21st.—Arrived the Megaara steam-vessel for the Mediterranean, whither she will proceed to-morrow, with supernumeraries for the ships on that station. On Saturday, the 15th, the Court-martial most fully ac quitted Mr, William Meldrum, gunner of the Rattlesnake, of the charges which had been preferred against him. There is a rumour here of its being the intention of the Ad. miralty to bring forwarl for commission the Hibernia, 120; St. Vincent, 120; Ajax, 74 ; and Imaurn, 74. The Bri tannia has this week bent the topsails of the Tweed corvette, for the purpose of exercising the new-raised men and boys, of whom there is now on board about 300. The Revenge, 78, has come out of dock ; and the Magicicnne, 24, has taken her place. WITH WHICH THE ~ TRUE SUN " IS NOW INCORPORATED. FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, DECEMBER 21. Five per Cents , Ic9f 50c. 55c. 40c. 35c Latest Prices-109f. 30c. Four per Cents., 101 f. 60c. i re per Cents 7 f. 78r. 90c Bank Actions, 2,690 f. 2,685 f. 2, 1 8 , f. :fence e Naples, 98f. 8 c. 60c. 25c. Roman. Five per t cots., 1Olj4• Spanish Actives, 16. Spanish Differes, 5. Belgian Five per Cents., 99 95 Belgian Three per (cots., 69f. 50c. 6!lf. Belgian Bank, 623 f. 530 f. 575 f. 5601 Pottuquese, Threw pt-r Cents. 1914. Hayttan Loan, 38.4„ 3701. i EXCHAINOL un LunoGrr.— me month, pacer, 251.25 c.; money, 281. 25c Farce months, paper, 251. lee ; mon sy. 25'. 10, I)itto 78f. 50c. Ditto 2,68 f. Ditto 100yi Ditto 95 Ditto 575 f. PRICE OF SUGAR. COMBINED EFFECTS OF BOUNTY AND OF' MONOPOLY. Table showing the cx-duty price of West India Sugar in Mincing, lane, and comparing the same against foreign sugars : London, Dec. 14, 1838. The Gazette this day quotes the average price of British Per cwt. Plantation Muscovado Sugar, exclusive of duty, at 3ss. 31d. M.iscovado Sugars raised by free labour in the Manilla have brought this week from 225. to 235. 6d. per cwt., bring about 13s. per cwt. less than the average price of West India Sugar. The bounty on refined Sugar having been reduced to 355. Bd. per cwt., no sales for exportation have been effected this week in that article. This reduction still leaves a clear bounty--allowing Is. per cwt. forthe duty on the poisonous dirt contained in the Muscovado or moist Sugar—and which is extracted from it by the process of refining of British Treacle is worth 9s. per cwt. in the foreign markets. The same has been sold this week at 30s. 6d. per cwt., being an excess of price paid by the British consumer of 21s. 6d. per cwt., in other words 21s. 6d. per cwt, on Treacle contributed by the poor man towards West India Bounty, and not, as it is erroneously supposed, towards revenue. COFFEE.—The duty on West Ilidia Coffee, the price of it ranging from 9Ss. to 1355. per cwt , is 565. per cwt., about 50 per cent. ad valorem. The duty on St. Domingo Coffee, the average price of it being 425. per cwt., is 140 s. per cwt., or about 300 per cent, ad valorem. The protec tive duty, therefore, on West India Cie is equivalent to 250 per cent. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) IN RE HEANOR FRIENDLY SOCIETY. The petition in this case was presented under the Act for the regulation of Benefit Societies. The Society, which met at a public-house called the " King of Prussia," at the village of Hesnor in Derbyshire, had a sum of 1001. which was placed on the 6th November, 1835, in the hands of Messrs. Smith and Co., bankers, of Derby, in the names of Thomas Heath, the landlord of the house, and John Wightman, - who were entrusted wish the management and divosition thereof. Heath received the accountable receipt of the bankers for the money. On the 17th June, 1836, Heath and Wightman, with the privity of the Society, procured 20/. from the bankers, which was duly applied to the purposes of the So ciety, and an endorsement was made on the accountable re ceipt for the 201. The accountable receipt was not, how ever, put into the Society's box (as it was contended it ought to have been, the landlord and two stewards of the Society each having a key), but was retained by Wightman. The 801. balance being required it was desired (as was stated by Heath) by the Society that it should be paid to Wightman. The bankers refused to pay it without the order of Heath, and in consequence of that he wrote an order for it on the back of the accountable receipt, and by means o that order it was that Wightman got possession of the fund which he appropriated to his own use. The appli cation, thetefore, was that Heath might be made responsible for that sum, it being contended that he, as the landlord of the public-house at which the Society met, and the box of the Society being placed in his custody, must be considered a treasurer and therefore responsible. It was said the Society could not proceed against Wightman because he was not an officer within the meaning of the Act. Lord LANGDALE said he did not think Heath could be con sidered to be the treasurer. It was sufficient,' however, to show that he was an officer within the meaning of the Act. The question upon which he felt a difficulty was whether, under the authority of this Act of Parliament, Heath could, by himself, be fixed with this sum —Wight man not being before the Court. He should take time to consider it, but he was inclined to think Heath was chargeable, and that he must be compelled to pay a moiety of the 801. He would send a note intimating his decision to the Registrar, on Monday morning. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) PAUL U. JAMES. The ATTORNEY. GENERAL stated the case. It was an action for assault and battery, nominally, but he was happy to say the parties were on terms of friendship, and it came before the Jury for the purpose of deciding whether the Commis. siottrs of Paving were authorised to levy a rate and pave Ely place, Holborn, within the liberties of Saffron Hill. After the examination of several witnesses, a verdict was taken by consent for the plaintiff, subject to tne opinion of the Court, upon a special case to be submitted to it. ACCOMMODATION IN THE COURT. Mr. HALSWELL, a Magistrate for the county of Middlesex who was called upon the next Special Jury, complained of the want of accommodation to which he and other gentlemen were subjected. He understood the Students' box was reserved for the Reporters, althongh he was in the habit of obtaining a seat there. Lord DENMAN said they could not promise to accommodate gentlemen of the Special Juries in those boxes, but thert was a good deal of room in the body of the Court, and in the galleries. AWFUL INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DEATH.--Yes terday evening, about ten o'clock, died Mr. Deputy Alder man of the Cripplegate Ward. He attended the Ward mote yesterday with Sir M. Wood, and, as usu a l, too k a prominent part in the proceedings. He afterwards dined with his brother members of the Common Council, and went home cheerful and apparently well about nine o'clock. When he pulled off his boots he facetiously remarked "they have done no work today, and won't want cleaning for to morrow." In a few minutes he was seized with a fit of coughing, when he leant back in his chair and expired by the rupture of a blood-vessel, arnrCUMIIIBTI , • ' , 1"). - iEY IND COiIqERCIAL NEWS ".ITS ". 11 :"C i ` OFFICE ur THE NSW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DEC. 6. The excitement which will shortly pervade this country is just beginning to be lilt in this city in commercial affairs; The excitement in the cotton market will most probably ee l in a rise of prices, and the operations here in cotton in the nest three months will control the whole financial operations of the United States for the next year. The mail just iirriviid fr m Canada brines informati on . that the Court. ,n .rti : o for it-% lag the Prescott prisoners had tj for 24 ; the brigands; will floubtless all be condemned to die; g.illows has teen erected in the Charai l de M Mi,otreal, en wlich forty can b: , hun7 at one tim e. 'Cite plii,on , us taken at Odelt o w n h a v e t irotested against the ntreal Court-martial as illegal ; the protest was set aside, and their triads are proceeding. B e f ore this reac h e s Liver pool, in all prol , ability, most of them will he hung. The notorious Blt J •hoson and Gen. B rge were taken by the United States M srshal, examined, committed to prison: and made their escape. The weather is rather war m en a sunny to-day. A system of murder is carried on in Lippe' . Canada—three loyalists have been assassinated. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC el.—Sp ec ulators having renewed their operations, and the trade having e i ', ° purchased liberally, the market has again assumed a st. au): and imposing aspect, and holders have successfully the prices which were current previous to the decline eotieed in our last. An advance of id. per lb. on the closing Pri ce : of Friday last, for American. is now being readily obtaine." and all long staple is again dearer id.per lb. Whatever may De the result as to the extent of the new crop of the States (en d " some accounts it is estimated to he abundant), it is quite clear', from the latest accounts received to-day, by the Liverpoee steamer in lalf days from New York, that it will come f o i l. : ward very slowly for a time, and consequently the holders , are now exercising so great an influence upon prices, will con tinue to have the power to force them up still higher. cSpe culators have taken 18 500 bales of American, 700 Surat. n , :300 Peruvians. The sales cf to day are 12,000 bags of a kinds—extreme rates 2-3 on speculation. The intelligence received by the overland express re demandec! India, received yesterday, brings a declaration of war agai" a the Chief of Cabool. Great praise is due to the Governor- General for his active exertions. Arrivals this morning :—French mail ; ship letters from New York, by the Liverpool steamer; Calcutta, &we b * Sydney, and Cape of Good Hope. We have received a Quebec Piper of Nov. 29. In Upper Canada all was quiet. A report was spread thig i morning that Toronto had been attacked, and that the Amer t; cans were organizing a second attack on Prescott; but we e a e state, upon the best authority, that all was quiet there at tb latest date-21st inst. The disaffected in the neighbour-mtg. townships have been completely awed by the affair of Pre seet We have received Cape of Good Hope Papers to the 4th of October. Accounts from Madagascar state that tho Queen is Pr o ; ceeding with great vigour in her attempts to exterminate ti_ t Christian faith, which had spread to a considerable e%t en Death is the punishment for the o ff ence . The above Pap ers du not contain any news from the frontier. THE FUNDS. The only arrival of importance this morning is the Pr esi i dent of the United States' Message. This document is 11() „ of the usual length, and its style inferior to those which wet. ' formerly written. The American Pre s s do not speak fa y ar °lll , ably of its composition. Exchange 9", to 10i, Bank She" 119. The accounts from Canada still continue to be favourable, and all was tranquil. Consols, which closed yesterday at 93i 94 for the AW A tin s t i opened this morning not quite so firm, and may be cl" te i — d i a 931 s ; Reduced, 921 ; Exchequer Bills, 63 65; Bonds, 61 63 ; Bank Stock, 202 i 203. In the Foreign Market nothing of consequence doing ag yet ; Spanish Active closed at 16i 1, at present rather lowevr: 16A- ; Portuguese, 291 ; Three per Cents, 191 ; Brat ilia ° 76,} 772; Mexican, 221 23; Colombian, 2.51 26; p ut Two-and-a- Half per Cents.. 5411 4. - PRICES OF STOCKS THIS - DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stork 2 3 India Stock ............ ......... pro. 3 per Cent. Red. 925/.14 Ditto Bonds ..................... 3 per Cent. Cons. Soul, Sea Stock. ................. "„ per Cent lO O l4 , Old Annuities ..................... Ditto Red. - , New Ditto ........................ N,w 3 per Cent — Ni,w 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuitiestoexpire Jan. 5, 1860 14 13-16 Oct. 10, 1859. — Jan. 5, 186 — Jan. 5, 188 - i .... April 5, 1880 — Jan. 5, 1870 — PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account JS :•34 Brazilian Bonds __. 77 3 per Cent. Annuities, Exch. Bills, £I,OOO ..... . 65 63 P ' Ditto 5(0 ...... 63 63 Pm P m Ditto Small .................. „ o , D i t t t t Commercial Advertised ... . ............ = _ l , o Bank Stock for Account ...... India Stock for Account ...... , Consols for Account ............ 9:IN PHIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK... Peruvian Bonds .................. Ditto Account .................. Portuguese Bonds .............. 00,7 Ditto New Bonds .. .......... _29% 9 Ditto Account 76 4 Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Account ...... ... - ..... —.- Ditto, 3 per Cent. ............ j 9 Ditto Account ............... ...... Chilian Bonds Prussian Bonds ................• .._ I ). tto Account Russian Bonds, 1822........... "...., Columbian Bonds Ditto Account ..... Ditto Account Ditto Metallic Columbian Bonds, 1824 Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds - ! Spanish Bowls - Ditto Account - •Oitto Bonds, 1834 164 - Ditto Account. French, 5 per cent. Ditto Bonds, 18') 4 per cent. . Ditto Account — 3 per cent.......... —f- --v. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent —-- Exchange.......... --I: --c_ Mexican Ditto Account — Dutch, 2s, per cent. ....... ... ''.:„. Ditto, 6 per Cent — Ditto Account .................. iu ,„ Ditto Account Neapolitan —l Ditto Acc0unt................. riticEs OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. , Paid. rer = O3l Brazilian Imperial Mining Cu (Issued at 51. pm.) 2n 5 Ditto St. John del Rey London Joint Stock Bank, lO COURSE uF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. 4R Amsterdam CF. 12 4 (4ihraltar ............................... . 0a Ditto, at iight - ............................. .So ' Rotterdam 2U. 12 4y, Genoa ............................. • :0 Antwerp... Hamburg. M.B. 13 10 Venice...—. ........... —. ........... 394 Altona..~ - ................... z . . 18 Paris, 3 days' sight 3 Ms 2 525 7 50 0 P L a is i ron " .. .. .................-.... ...... ................................ Ditto Marseilles. Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M 1 22 5 55 11 F Bourdeaux Petersbuigh, ruble 3 Us. It% Buenos Ayres. ......'"" 464 Vienna, effective f' Berlin Neste ditto Bahia a r oh o i t ra t z o ... .. e. . .. i ............................ ... ... ...... ................................. .................. ..., 625. :, 51 10 7 7 0 New a York,ip2la;z:..; ........ .... 1)...t ....... i .. 406 z. 10 9 PRICE OF 8 ULL10N..., - ) 0 0 . , Madrid 36% Portugal Gold, coin ...... .A.;, 1 7 "Mg Cadiz 36% Foreign Gold, in bars..... . 6 0 0 Bdboa .... , 36 Neeww Dollars Do ubloons... . .. ... ... . .... . ........... 2 ,43 1 0 (As Bircelona Seville 56 Silver. bars, stan d a rd ...... 1, ~, 'T 01%T. HALF-PA - o f . tb Scarcely any business has been doing in the S course n otic:: ed morning in the British Market, and no feature worth with the exception that the Government broker has purchagt,__ 6,0001. Reduced, at 92i. Consols remain morning's price of 93i. i for the Account ; Reduced, 92 'f' Exchequer Bills, 65 63 ; Bank Stock. 203.. i n de In the Foieign Market, Spanish Active the same 29 T h r ee morning, 161 i ; Portuguese also, no alteration, 2 9 f„,;," CO. per Cents., 19i ; Belgian, 97 98 ; Brazilian, 76i 7 , 43 :f13,14 lomhian, 25i 26 ; Mex:ean, 22i 23 , Dutch T - 0 " . " -- •wo 54j -4. , a bar' The Share Market is in a state of stagnation ; o° ' - gain doing. • asp Metallic! The Hamburgh mail arrived of the I Bth inst. steady at 1 ic; 1014 106; Bank Shares, 1,472 to 1,475. a TIL/tEN O' CL 0 Consols for the Account. P 3 i - 4 • _. _ THE PRECURSOR SOCIETY IN L O NDON* --- b . Advertiser states that " the I r i s h in London have -ec a n t zealously forming th emse l ves i n th e various districts port they inhabit, into Branch Precursor Societies, to suP a the parent society of Dublin, and to show their to the Liberator in his present project." The Antrim Hotel, in Merrion-s quare, _ which ranks confessedly as high as the most favoured of I t: 0 London Hotels, is from peculiar circumstances , 00t control, to change hands immediately, through the ills mentality of Mr. George Robins. It presents a rare.olc portunity for an industrious couple, with a limited 008 to make a large fortune. thSt FAMINE AND THE POOR-LAWS.---It apr ears Ty the working classes in several parts of Ireland have a lrea t i o by violence t shown signs of their intentions to prevent Sue ,h great attem.p, exportation of potatoes to this country. is little to be wondered at, considering that the g mai° h no other rity of the Irish labourers and their families have food, nor any Poor-law yet in operation to fall back 'Va . ./ and that the partial failure of the crop and dearness devott o e potatoes in England and Scotland must, at the present Pr e l t, of bread, cause the exportation of a large quantity of reps from Ireland to Great Britain, if the common princiPlea:e commerce were allowed to be acted upon. In co nseqtl.. , of this, public meetings have been held in several distriocrotr, and it was agreed to urge strongly on the Poor -law C. to missioners the necessity of bringing their m eaSUreS operation without de thelay.—T numerous inquiries r es p ec Master Owen's Benefit, we are informed it w ill not ta r place for some time to come, in consequence of the wondeto. fexpressly ul success of Oliver Twist, he being engaged s ustain that character. NINE T 1 N FLAT GOLD WATCHES, NINE " EACH.—Some fine horizontal flat sold Waistcoat Watc jewelled in four holes, silver dials hand to mark the sccorls,4o, double-back to the cases, warranted to perform correctly, Guineas each ; or with gold dials, Ten Guineas each. A. B. SAVORY and SONS, of Watchmaker s , N o . 9 , C orn hill, L on don, opposite the Joe England The NEW FLAT GOLD WATCH'r:t are offered in double-bottomed engine-turned cases, with ve r '; movements, for Seven Guineas each, or, with highly. finished 1 1 c r b, zontal r movements, jewelled and warranted, at Ni ne Guineas ea.rl a T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Goldsmith, Silversmit, c , Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London (Seven D oors from Gra% church-street). for N.l3.—The horizontal construction is strongly recominen(m. its superior accuracy. Ili T HS. At Corte House, Dorset, o n the 19th inst., the lady of Arc h"- bald Du Boulay - , Esq., of a son. DIED. Frye, At Old Brompton, on Thursday last, Theodosia, wife of rick Shoberl, Esq _........e- of r" - - London: - Printed and Published by i\IURDO YOUNG, th e count 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in e of Aliddleeex.—Saturday, December 22, 1038.